Working with left and right indents

So we have looked at the first-line indent, now let's look at the left-indent and…also the right-indent. Beginning over here on the left-hand side of the page,…we have a very simple example of the left-indent being used to establish hierarchy…in a table of contents, where we have the first-level head in bold, second-level…head same size but not bold, third-level head left-indented by 10 points, which…is one em space because that's a size of the type, and then the fourth-level head…indented by twice the amount, and that very effectively, very easily establishes…the hierarchy in that table of contents.…

A very similar example and another common usage of the left-indent is when…type-setting indexes, and we can see here that the second-level entries have all been indented.…Another usage of the left-indent is when typesetting place and here on the…left-hand side we can see that we have used a left-indent to move everything to…the right of the character's name over and flushed that text.…This is what's called a Hanging Indent.…

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11/12/2014

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8/3/2012

Explore the numerous type options, type-related features, and type-specific preferences of Adobe InDesign. Using practical, real-world examples, instructor and designer Nigel French dissects the anatomy of a typeface and defines the vocabulary of typography. The course moves from the micro to the macro level, addressing issues such as choosing page size, determining the size of margins, adjusting number columns, and achieving a clean look with baseline grids. This course takes you from laying out a page to delving into the hows and whys of typography.

Topics include:

Understanding text threads and text flow methods in InDesign

Using Copy and Paste vs. Place

Choosing and combining typefaces

Understanding leading and how it relates to type size and column width

Comparing points, picas, and ems

Learning the proper use of white space and break characters

Understanding the finer points of kerning and tracking

Working with punctuation, special characters, ornaments, and ligatures